Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi (Arabic: أبو نويرة التغلبي) was a poet and warrior who fought alongside the Taghlib tribe during the events of the Basus War.
Involvement in the Basus War Duel against Jassas Abu Nuwayra was sent by Abu Layla al-Muhalhel to hunt for Jassas ibn Murrah, who was escaping into Syria.Al-Kāmil fi at-Tārikh, ed. Abū l-Fidāʾ ʿAbdallāh al-Qāḍī (11 vols., Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1987–2003) Both men met at a border of water known as al-Ajoul that separated Syria and the Arabian Peninsula. They had a duel, and supposedly Abu Nuwayra managed to give Jassas a fatal injury. However, Jassas managed to kill Abu Nuwayra in battle, and he escaped into the care of his relatives where he supposedly, not long after, died from the injuries that were inflicted on him by Abu Nuwayra.
Time period Monir Al-Balbaki believes that Jassas ibn Murrah died in 534 CE. Hence, it would be appropriate to date Abu Nuwayra's death to around the same time in the 530s as well, because they both died around the same time.
See also Kulaib ibn Rabiah List of Arabic-language poets
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External links Biography of Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi, in the Dictionary of Arab Poets on the Maktaba Shamela